List below contains mostly used Docker commands. You can see wide range of command here.


General


Keeps container up and running.


CMD tail -f /dev/null

Obtaining the IP address of the host OS where docker containers run and access to.


$ ip addr show docker0 | grep -Po 'inet \K[\d.]+'

Removes unused data such as images, containers, network, cache so on.


$ docker system prune --volumes

Image


List all images.


$ docker images

Remove all images.


$ docker rmi $(docker images -q)

Remove single image.


$ docker rmi {image-id}
$ docker rmi {image-name}

Creates new image from Dockerfile whose path is relative to where the command is run.


$ docker build -t {new-image-name} .

Show image commit history.


$ docker history {image-name}
$ docker history {image-name:image-tag}

Creating a new image from existing container. New image contains all the changes done in container.


$ docker commit {existing-container-name} {existing-image-name:new-image-tag}

Creating a new image by tagging an existing image.


$ docker tag {existing-image-{id/name/name:existing-tag-id}} {new-image-name:new-tag-id}}

Container


List only active containers.


$ docker ps
$ docker container ls

List active and non-active containers.


$ docker ps -a
$ docker ps --all
$ docker container ls --all

Start exited/stopped container.


$ docker start {container-name/id}

Stop up/running container.


$ docker stop {container-name/id}

Login to up/running container shell.


$ docker attach {container-id}
$ docker attach {container-name}
$ docker exec -it {container-id} /bin/bash
$ docker exec -it {container-name} /bin/bash

Stop all up/running containers.


$ docker stop $(docker ps -a -q)

Remove single container.


$ docker rm {container-id}
$ docker rm {container-name}

Copies local directory into container. This is mainly for production to isolate application code.


$ docker cp {local_dir} {container_name/id}:{container_dir}

Remove all containers.


$ docker rm $(docker ps -a -q)

Create a new container from an exiting image. The /bin/bash is optional.


$ docker run -i -t -d --name {new-container-name} {existing-image-id}
$ docker run -i -t -d --name {new-container-name} {existing-image-name}
$ docker run -i -t -d --name {new-container-name} {existing-image-id} /bin/bash
$ docker run -i -t -d --name {new-container-name} {existing-image-name} /bin/bash
$ docker run -i -t -d --name {new-container-name} {existing-image-name:existing-image-tag}
$ docker run -i -t -d --name {new-container-name} {existing-image-name:existing-image-tag} /bin/bash

Creating and accessing guest container server from host OS.


$ docker run -d -p 5000:80 --name {new-container-name} {existing-image-name/id}
$ curl 127.0.0.1:5000

Run native linux commands against running containers.


$ docker exec -it {container-name} {linux-command}

Sharing container folder with host OS.


$ docker run -i -t -d -v {host-folder-path}:{container-folder-path} --name {container-name} {image-name/id}

Container details.


$ docker inspect {container-name/id}

Container log list.


$ docker logs -t {container-name/id}

Container log tailing.


$ docker logs -t -f {container-name/id}

Network


List all networks.


$ docker network ls

Remove a network.


$ docker network rm {network-name/id}

Create a new network based on existing "bridge" driver.


$ docker network create --driver bridge {network-name}

Create a new network with specific IP based on existing "bridge" driver. The "subnet-mask" of 24 gives you 255.255.255.0 subnet mask wherase 8 would give you 255.0.0.0 subnet mask.


$ docker network create --subnet {ip-address}/{subnet-mask} --driver bridge {network-name}

Obtaining the IP of given network bridge called api_default.


$ echo $(docker network inspect api_default | grep Gateway | grep -o -E '[0-9\.]+')

Volume


Listing all volumes.


$ docker volume ls

Deleting all unused volumes.


$ docker volume rm $(docker volume ls -q)

Debugging


See output of docker commands.


$ docker events&

Stopping events debugging.


$ ps aux | grep docker events
$ kill -9 {docker-events-pid}

Container logs.


$ docker logs -t {container-name/id}

Work on image without creating container. Once you are in image, run commands you have in Dockerfile to see errors, logs etc. The best way to debug commands running.


$ docker run -i -t {image-name/id} /bin/bash

Compose


Descriptions apply to services which are defined in docker-compose.yml file.


Show mapped details of "docker-compose.yml" file.


$ docker-compose config

Builds all images and runs containers in verbose mode.


$ docker-compose up

Builds all images and runs containers as daemon.


$ docker-compose up -d

Stops all running container.


$ docker-compose stop

Removes all images, container and network.


$ docker-compose down

Removes all images, container, network and volumes.


$ docker-compose down --volumes

Creates single container based on given service name and prints all ENV variables.


$ docker-compose run {service_name} env

Rebuilds all service images.


$ docker-compose build

Rebuilds all images defined in compose file and restart containers whose images have changed. Used after deployment.


$ docker-compose up -d --build

Rebuilds single image and runs its container. It ignores all the other services including dependent ones.


$ docker-compose up -d --no-deps --build {service_name}

Rebuilds single service image. Often used right before docker-compose up --no-deps -d {service_name} as in two processes.


$ docker-compose build {service_name}

Brings up a single service container. It ignores all the other services including dependent ones. Often used right after docker-compose build {service_name} as in two processes.


$ docker-compose up --no-deps -d {service_name}

Builds all docker containers by specifying the docker-compose.yml file path.


$ docker-compose -f path/to/docker-compose.yml up -d

Runs a one-time command against a service defined in docker-compose.yml file.


$ docker-compose -f path/to/docker-compose.yml run {service_name} {command_to_run} 

Rebuild service images and containers. Often used for deployment process.


$ docker-compose build
$ docker-compose up -d

Restarts all stopped and running services defined in "docker-compose.yml" file but ignores the changes made in "docker-compose.yml" file.


$ docker-compose restart